Memphis moves up in AP Top 25 after wins over Rice, UAB
Memphis has wins over No. 8 Michigan State, No. 11 Clemson and No. 15 Missouri.
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Memphis Tigers Basketball ‘It’s everything’: Win over UAB carries special weight for Tigers
“Just as a competitor, it’s everything,” Penny Hardaway said after his No. 18 Tigers beat UAB 88-81 Sunday. “You look forward to these types of games. These games are what makes players.”
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Haggerty scores 25, Rogers adds 21 to help No. 18 Memphis beat UAB 88-81
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Memphis Tigers BasketballWhat to watch in Memphis’ road game against UAB
Penny Hardaway expects “a bare-knuckle fight” when his No. 18 Tigers (23-5, 13-2 AAC) take on regional rival UAB on Sunday (3 p.m., ESPN) at Bartow Arena in Birmingham, Alabama.
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Memphis Tigers Basketball ‘It’s time to win’: Dainja takes over late to lift Tigers past Rice
Tied at 70 with 3:52 left, the Tigers ended the game on a 14-2 run to pick up their 23rd win of the season.
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Box score: Memphis 84, Rice 72
Tigers Talk: Memphis’ NCAA Tournament seed range, potential March Madness X factors
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Tigers Podcast Tigers Podcast: Can Memphis avoid another hiccup before Selection Sunday?
Tigers basketball beat writer Parth Upadhyaya and college-sports columnist John Martin take a look at the final stretch of the regular season.
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Memphis Tigers BasketballTigers Talk: Memphis’ NCAA Tournament seed range, potential March Madness X factors
Upadhyaya and Martin discuss Memphis’ NCAA Tournament seeding possibilities, biggest areas of concerns heading into March and more.
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Memphis Tigers BasketballWhat to watch in Memphis’ game against Rice
The No. 18 Tigers will need to sustain their momentum in Wednesday’s game against Rice as they look to head into the postseason.
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Memphis Tigers Basketball Dain Dainja currently not eligible for another season, per NCAA rules
Despite saying he had one more year to play, Dain Dainja’s collegiate eligibility will expire after this 2024-25 season, according to NCAA rules.
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Memphis Tigers BasketballTigers Basketball Insider: What NCAA Tournament seed does Memphis deserve?
“Based on what Memphis has done against their schedule, they deserve to be in the 5-6 seed range right now, not in the 7-8 are they are pegged in current bracketology,” college basketball analytics expert Evan Miyakawa of EvanMiya.com said.
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Memphis Tigers Basketball Memphis rises in AP Top 25 after blowout win over Florida Atlantic
This is the ninth consecutive week the Tigers have been ranked in the AP Top 25 and the 11th week overall this season.
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Memphis Tigers BasketballDainja leads Tigers’ second-half surge in blowout win over FAU
Dain Dainja tied his career with 22 points, 11 rebounds, four blocks and three steals in just 27 minutes as the No. 22 Tigers blew past FAU in an 84-65 victory.
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Memphis Tigers BasketballWhat to watch in Memphis’ game against Florida Atlantic
The Tigers are looking to regain their edge following an overtime road loss to Wichita State. They play Florida Atlantic on Sunday (1 p.m., ESPN2) at FedExForum.
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Tigers Podcast Tigers Podcast: Wichita State loss aftermath, NCAA Tournament seeding
Tigers basketball beat writer Parth Upadhyaya and college-sports columnist John Martin break down how consequential the Tigers’ overtime loss to Wichita State will end up being.
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Memphis Tigers BasketballTigers Basketball Insider: Hardaway takes responsibility for botched finish
“That’s all on me, the way that I finished that game,” coach Penny Hardaway said of Memphis’ play in the final seconds of regulation during its overtime loss at Wichita State.
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Memphis Tigers Basketball Memphis drops in AP Top 25 after loss to Wichita State
The Tigers fell in the AP Top 25 for the first time since the Jan. 20 edition of the poll.
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Memphis Tigers BasketballMemphis’ path to top 5 NCAA Tournament seed murkier after loss
On Sunday, the No. 14 Tigers didn’t control what they could control, falling in a somewhat surprising 84-79 overtime road loss to Wichita State.
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Memphis Tigers Basketball Memphis shocked in overtime loss at Wichita State
The No. 14 Tigers (21-5, 11-2 AAC) eventually couldn’t do enough to leave the venue known as The Roundhouse with a victory and instead took an 84-79 loss to the Shockers (15-10, 5-7 AAC) to pick up their third Quadrant 3 defeat of the season.
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Memphis Tigers BasketballWhat to watch in Memphis’ road game against Wichita State
With six regular-season games remaining on their schedule, Coach Penny Hardaway wants his Tigers to keep their foot on the gas to build momentum headed into next month’s AAC Tournament and NCAA Tournament.
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Memphis Tigers Basketball‘Iron Man’ Tyrese Hunter returns to push Memphis past USF
Four days after missing the first game of his four-year college career, the Tigers point guard Tyrese Hunter finished with 15 points, six rebounds and four assists in a win over South Florida.
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Memphis Tigers Basketball Memphis cruises to comfortable road win over South Florida
Led by center Dain Dainja’s 20 points, coach Penny Hardaway’s Memphis Tigers looked dangerous in its 80-65 victory over USF. The win was Hardaway’s 150th as coach of the Tigers.
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Memphis Tigers Basketball Memphis’ Tyrese Hunter available for game against South Florida
Tyrese Hunter had dealt with a tender right kneecap since the early portion of this season.
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Memphis Tigers Basketball Tigers Podcast: Are Jekyll-and-Hyde Tigers a strange case?
Parth Upadhyaya and John Martin try to determine if the Tigers playing up and down to their competition will ultimately bite them.
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Memphis Tigers BasketballTigers Basketball Insider: What Memphis’ hot-and-cold nature says about its NCAA Tournament chances
Memphis ranks No. 4 in opponent adjust, a metric created by college basketball analytics expert Evan Miyakawa.
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Memphis Tigers BasketballWhat to watch in Memphis’ road game against South Florida
The Tigers’ game against USF on Thursday will be their final chance to turn heads before the NCAA Tournament’s Selection Committee televises the first in-season reveal of the top 16 seeds Saturday.
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Memphis Tigers Basketball Tigers’ Tyrese Hunter status uncertain for game against South Florida
Hunter visited Memphis team orthopedist Barry Phillips on Monday afternoon after being sidelined in Sunday’s 90-82 home win against Temple.
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